Vertical file.



L. H. EVANS.

VERTICAL FILE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 1913.

1,137,389. Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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WWW/6696 THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTOLITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C.

45 1 supports 4.4 and screwed into the rods LACEY H. EVANS, orLANSDOW'NE BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

VERTICAL FILE.-

To' dll whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAGEY EvANs, a citizenof the United States, residing at No; 101 East Stewart avenue, in theborough of; Lansdowne, inthe county of Delaware" and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVertical Files, of which the following -;is a specification. g p

' This invention relates to improvements in"- vertical files.

object of my improvements is toifp'rovide a file in which phonographdisk records,

or other articles may be conveniently and compactly stored each in itsown vertical 7 compartment to preservethe'rec'ord from and'replacedwithfacility. I V

. -..A; still further object of my invention is to provide a file forthe storage' of phono'-. 1

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I Another object of myinvention is the provision of means whereby thestored articles may be selectively withdrawn from the file graph diskrecords or other articles that venient receptacle which will protectstored'artioles from dust, etc.

:With these and other objects in view, the

can be put in a cabinet, case'o'rjother conthe invention consists in thenovel construction, combinations and arrangement of parts, as

V will be hereinafter described with reference to theaccompanyingdrawings.

In the said drawings Figure l'isa front elevational view of theinvention and-Fig. 2 a vertical cross sectional view of the same takenon theline aa of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals. refer'to similar parts in both views.

The vertical file may consist ofithe parti tions 11 which are supportedat the rear by the two rods 2-2 passing through holes .in the partitionswhich are separated by the rings3-3. The ends of the rods 22 arefastened to the end supports 44 by means of the screws 55 passingthrough said i 2-2at such location as to suspend the partitions 1-1-"above and clear of the strips 6-6. These-strips 6-6 on which thestored articles rest, are fastened at their ends to the end supports 44by means of screws 7-7 passing through the end supports 44 and saidstrips are spaced so that the disks of predetermined size will bear onlyon their inside edges. The supports 4-4 may be copies of this patent maybe obtained for .'-Specifi'cation of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 271915, Application filed January 29, 1913; 1 Serial No. 744,945.

-on the tabs-8'8 which may be parts of the partitions and formed bycutting away a portion of the upper part of each partition.

,They are arranged in convenient series one tab below the other onsuccessive partitions so that all may be easily seen. These'tabs I 8-8"maybe attached to the partitions 1- 1 instead of being a part ofv themand they may project beyond the main part of the partitionsor they maybeomitted, in which case the index characters may be marked on the cornerof thepartitions'. I

It is to be noted that the partitions 11 swing on vertical axes passingthrough the centers of rods 2-2; that the stored articles rest betweenthe partitions and on the inside I edges of the strips 66 which preventthe disks from rolling; and that the stored ar- 'ticles may slidelaterally on these strips 66. It is further noted that the storedarticles are normally hidden from view although Placing the finger onthe index character representing the desired stored article,'thepartition is pushed aside enough to get several fingers between thepartitions when both the partitions and the other stored articles caneasily be moved enough to grasp the desired stored articlef The articleis returned in the same manner.

Having thus described my invention what I- claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is A vertical file consisting ofend supports; horizontal parallel strips extending between the lowerportions of said supports; horizontal parallel rods extending in avertical plane between the end supports at the back of the file; withvertical partitions mounted on said rods and'free to swing on verticalaxes. V o

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' LACEY I-I.-EVANS. Witnesses:

. H. J. How,

ISABELLE Sworn.

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